TY - JOUR
T1 - No long-term effect of behavioral treatment on psychotropic drug use for agitation in Alzheimer's disease patients
AU - Weiner, Myron F.
AU - Tractenberg, Rochelle E.
AU - Sano, Mary
AU - Logsdon, Rebecca
AU - Teri, Linda
AU - Galasko, Douglas
AU - Gamst, Anthony
AU - Thomas, Ron
AU - Thai, Leon J.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - To determine if teaching caregivers behavior management techniques (BMTs) reduces long-term psychotropic use in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, we examined 12-month follow-up data from a 4-month randomized study comparing placebo, BMTs, trazodone, and haloperidol for the treatment of agitated behaviors in persons with AD. After 4 months, treatment was allowed with any agent. Between 42.8% and 51% of AD patients received additional psychotropics between 4 and 12 months. The relative risk of being prescribed any psychotropic drug after the 4-month trial was at or about 1.0 for subjects in each drug arm or placebo arm versus BMTs. We concluded that teaching caregivers BMTs did not diminish long-term prescription of psychotropic drugs.
AB - To determine if teaching caregivers behavior management techniques (BMTs) reduces long-term psychotropic use in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, we examined 12-month follow-up data from a 4-month randomized study comparing placebo, BMTs, trazodone, and haloperidol for the treatment of agitated behaviors in persons with AD. After 4 months, treatment was allowed with any agent. Between 42.8% and 51% of AD patients received additional psychotropics between 4 and 12 months. The relative risk of being prescribed any psychotropic drug after the 4-month trial was at or about 1.0 for subjects in each drug arm or placebo arm versus BMTs. We concluded that teaching caregivers BMTs did not diminish long-term prescription of psychotropic drugs.
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U2 - 10.1177/089198870201500208
DO - 10.1177/089198870201500208
M3 - Article
C2 - 12083600
AN - SCOPUS:0036014850
SN - 0891-9887
VL - 15
SP - 95
EP - 98
JO - Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
JF - Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
IS - 2
ER -